Vehicle.



Patented Nov. 20, I900.

J. A. HAMEFBACK.

VEHICLE. (Application filed Apr. 36, 1900.

2 Shegts-Sheef I.

(No Model.)

No. 662,267. Patented Nov. 20, I900. J. A. HAMELBACK.

VEHICLE.

Application filed Apr. 30, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES JACOB A. HAMELBAOK,

PATNT QFFICE;

or ZANESVILLE, oHIo'.

VEHICLE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,267, dated Noam-ta20', 1966.

Application filed April 30, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB A. HAMELBACK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

One object of my invention is to provide a vehicle which may bepropelled by handpower, foot-power, or both; and a further obj ect is toprovide a device of this nature which shall be simple of construction,easy of manipulation, and cheap of manufacture. It is also my object toprovide a vehicle which may be propelled by one or more persons, as thecase may be. With these objects in view I construct a device of thisnature such as is shown in the accompanying drawings and described inthis specification, in which like characters of reference indicatesimilar parts in both views, and in which' Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side plan view thereof with a partof the floor removed.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that in order to accomplishthe objects named above I provide a rectangular frame a, comprising sidemembers I) and c and end members d and e. The frame is floored, as shownat f, and extending forwardly of the frame at one of its ends is asupport g, in which is journaled a steering-wheel h, mounted between thejaws h of a spindle j, which ex- Wheels t and k are mounted at the endof the frame a on an axle Z, j ournaled therein and extendingtransversely thereof.

Mounted at the forward portion of the frame a is a framework m tosupport a vertical spindle at, having at its upper end a beveled gear 0,adapted to mesh with a similar beveled gear 19, mounted upon a shaft g,which extends across the upper end of the framework m, parallel with thefloor of the frame a. Upon the ends of this shaft are mounted cranks r,through the medium of which the said shaft may be rotated to giverevolution to the bevel-gear p and in turn to the bevel- Serial No.14,995. (No model.)

gear 0, with its vertical spindle n. Upon the lower end of the spindleit is mounted a wormwheel 3, which meshes with a worm-screw i, which ismounted on a shaft 'LZ, extending transversely of the frame at. Uponthis shaft "Lt is mounted a gear '0, adapted to mesh with a gear 11;.The gear w is carried by a shaft ai, also carrying a sprocket-wheel y,which is connected by means of suitable chains with a sprocket-wheel a,mounted upon the shaft Z, and from the foregoing description it will beseen that as the cranks 1" are revolved motion will be given to the rearwheels of the vehicle through the medium of the train of gears justdescribed.

Mounted upon the end of the spindle j is a cross-barj, to each end ofwhich is loosely secured a rearwardly-extending rod 1, each of whichpasses through a pair of gnideways 2. Pivoted to the freeends of therods 1 are levers 3, which are in turn pivoted between ears 4 andprovided with foot-pieces 5.

Formed upon the rearwardly extending rods are lugs 6, each to receiveone end of a helical spring 7 mounted upon and encircling each rod, theopposite ends of the springs having bearings against the innermostguideways. From this it will be seen that each spring bears at one endagainst a log and at the other against a guideway, thus holding the barj normally transversely of the frame and the wheel it normallylongitudinally thereof.

Secured to the floor of the framework and a little to the rear of thecranks r is a seat 9, to be occupied by an operator of the vehicleshould it be operated by but one person,and in this event the vehicle issteered through the medium of the levers 3, which when operated willturn the steering-wheel either in one direction or the other.

If it is desired that more than one person operate the vehicle, a seatwill not be utilized, but instead a number of persons will revolve thecranksr in astanding position. The steering mechanism just'describedwill also be dispensed with, and instead a steering-rod 10 may besecured to the upper end of the spindle j, to be operated by one of theparties on the floor of the vehicle.

It will be readily understood that I may make any slight alterations inmy invention just described without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. A device of theclass described, comprisingaframework,wheels supporting the framework, asupplemental framework mounted vertically of the first-named framework,a spindle mounted in the supplemental framework, means for revolving thespindle, a worm-wheel, mounted upon the spindle in engagement with aworm, a shaft mounted transversely of the framework and carrying theworm, a gear-wheel mounted upon the shaft adjacent the worm, a secondgear-wheel engaging with this gear-wheel, a second shaft mountedparallel with the first-named shaft to support the second-named gear, asprocketwheel mounted upon the second shaft, a second sprocket-wheelmounted upon the axle of two of the wheels supporting the framework, achain connecting the two sprocketwheels, and means for controlling thedirection of the vehicle.

2. A device of the class described comprising a framework, asteering-wheel mounted at one end of the framework, a pair ofsupporting-wheels mounted at the opposite end of the framework, asupplemental framework mounted vertically on the first-named framework,a vertical spindle mounted in the supplemental framework, a beveled gearsecured to the upper end of the vertical spindle, a shaft mounted in thesupplemental framework at right angles to the vertical spindle, cranksmounted upon the latter for revolving it, a beveled gear mounted uponthe shaft in engagement with the beveled gear on the spindle, aw0rm-wheel mounted upon the lower end of the vertical spindle, a shaftmounted rearwardly of the Worm-wheel, a worm mounted upon the shaft andin engagement with the worm-wheel, a gear mounted adjacent the worm, asecond gear mounted upon a second shaft extending transversely of theframework said second gear being engaged with the first-named gear, asprocketwheel mounted upon the second-named shaft, a sprocket-wheelmounted upon the axle of the rear supporting-wheels and receiving motionfrom the first-named sprocket-wheel, a spindle extending upwardly fromthe steering-wheel, a cross-head mounted upon the upper end of thespindle, rods extending rearwardly from each end of the cross-head,

levers secured to the ends of the rods, through the medium of which thecross-head may be oscillated and springs mounted upon therearwardly-extending rods for holding the steering-wheel in a normallyfixed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my hand and seal in the presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB A. HAMELBAOK. [L.

Witnesses:

A/A GEORGE, D. H. CRAWFORD.

